I DID IT!!!! (130+ pounds lost)

jess031988

Thank you all for the kind words truly blessed to be a part of this site

Novemberchic

Congratulations! You look fabulous! And thanks for having the courage to share..

wmcmurray61

It's really great that you accomplished this in your 20's. I am in my 50's, had 75 lbs to lose and am down to the last 10. Though, like you, now that I am almost to goal weight, I feel like I'd like to go a little farther. I think the fact that I am older, and have less elastic skin, makes the loose skin problem a little worse. You should be super proud of yourself!

FayeandBo

wow awesome you are a motivation!!

lindainprogress

thanks for sharing and being such an inspiration!

Winterlover123

Wow! O.o Looking fantastic! Congrats!!

Atrocity108

AWESOME! That is some great work.

MKEgal

130 lb in a year? Consistently losing 10 lb per month?
Incredible. (Not in the way it's usually used.)

naturesfinest4688

Hello congrats to everyone here.I have lost 147 pounds and kept it off.You guys rock

ParamoreAddict

naturesfinest4688 wrote: »

Hello congrats to everyone here.I have lost 147 pounds and kept it off.You guys rock

DAMN! Smokin hot! Great job with the weight loss!

I've lost 60 lbs. so far!

Groovyca2022

Cograts! Amazing success! = )

archanajoyce

absolutely fantastic! WTG!

stephe1987

Great job!

nicolemviolette

oh my goodness! that must have taken A LOT of hard work and dedication! you look so amazing girl, you're gorgeous! I like your septum btw, i wish i had the balls to get mine peirced!

AmigaMaria001

Oh my gosh you look amazing! I am very impressed by your success! Congrats

MelanieMamaof5

Your determination has definitely payed off. Way to go on sticking to it! Awesome Job!

CJisinShape

jess031988 wrote: »

I started In November 2013 but got really into loosing weight that December.
A lot of people ask how I did it that fast, the only thing I can say is I strictly counted calories, always measured food and stopped eating processed food and eliminated soda (No more 4L a day) I also kicked out my sweet tooth (In my case teeth) and stopped eating chocolate. Within the last 4 months I have taken up running and REALLY enjoy it as it helps my anxiety and I am now off my medications because it has calmed me so much. I do 60 minutes of cardio three times a week, and 90 minutes on Friday and Saturday so I can have a treat with friends, and to be honest it's realistic for me as I have found a new love for the gym and the gym life. I have made awesome gym buddies that are huge support systems for me and I couldn't be happier.

Over the last couple of year I gained weight because I had become so depressed over my fathers passing and relationship problems. I always ate my feelings so my days always consisted of 4-5 chocolate bars, fast food at least 2 times in the day and at least 4L or more of coke a day, this is not including various unhealthy snacks. I was so unhappy and was diagnosed with PCOS, my insulin was so out of whack and my hair was falling out I was a mess. I still have issues with my hair, I have started taking vitamins and trying to get my hormones in check but I'm sure it will take some time

One day I said enough, I hated how I looked. I always felt ugly and uncomfortable and if I seen anyone laughing in public I was sure they were laughing at me, I didn't want to eat in front of people because I knew they thought I was nasty. I honestly felt so ugly as my co-workers would make jabs at me for being so unhealthy and working as a nurse, I felt so so low and at one point contemplated serious thoughts that could have really hurt the ones who loved me no matter what, so instead of feeling low I thought" I'm going to do this", and this time it was different. I immediately started logging on MFP, I had tried it before and I charted my first "healthy day", it was over 3000 cals by the way and I thought to myself "wow, even healthy me is horrible", so I modified it until I got to a healthy Calorie goal set out by my doctor and went along my way. I had good days, bad days, and sad days and I had failures and successes and I embraced it all, this time a bad day didn't mean the end it meant I learned what not to do next times and I learned to not be so hard on myself if I slip up because we are all human, we rise and we fall (Hopefully my will power will raise, and my weight fall

I'm happy, I have fun dressing like a girl and feel like a 26 year old again. I actually love who I have become in this journey of life, so on to the next.

Here is me at 295 ish? (Progress Pic)



100 pounds gone (Still not too happy @ 198)



Now at 180


166.... 2 pounds to go!!!


FINALLY 164...!!!!


I would like to change my goal weight from 164 to 140, when I weighed 290 pounds 164 seemed like it could never happen, and here I am. I think I'm happy with my progress but I'm still not 100% happy and would really like to gain muscle and loose another 20+ pounds.

I know the question of loose skin will come up and I have a bit on my tummy, although I always have since I had my two sons. My legs and arms are fine since I started working out often and I believe I got VERY lucky as I know loose skin can be a huge deal with loosing over 100 pounds. All in all, I am way happy with my body then ever!

They don't have the smiley face with the bulging eyes anymore, but maybe you can pretend. Whoah! Huge difference. You look marveleous darling, simply marvelous!

_whatsherface

This is very inspiring! Thank you so much for sharing (: